The NPCI is a group of nine federal government member agencies andover 60 non-federal cooperators working toward the conservation ofnative plants. NPCI members and cooperators work collectively to solvethe problems of native plant extinction and native habitat restoration,ensuring the preservation of our ecosystem. The NPCI embodies the axiom"think globally, act locally." Federal plant conservation resources arepooled at the national level to provide a focused, strategic approach toplant conservation at the local level on public and private lands,eliminating duplication of effort and increasing the effectiveness ofthese programs.

"Urban Wildlife Resources was founded in 1995 to serve as an information source and clearinghouse for urban wildlife-related matters. To help meet this goal, it publishes THE URBAN OPEN SPACE MANAGER, a quarterly newsletter for land managers, planners, landscape architects, biologists, and others interested in wildlife and nature conservation in the metropolitan environment. The newsletter presents in readable form substantive articles involving research, planning, design, education and management. Urban Wildlife Resources also has available many of the publications of the former National Institute for Urban Wildlife, which closed in 1995. Included are WILDLIFE RESERVES AND CORRIDORS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, INTEGRATING MAN AND NATURE IN THE METROPOLITAN ENVIRONMENT, and WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN METROPOLITAN ENVIRONMENTS. "

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